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Surat
Suryapur
Metropolis
Surat Skyline
Surat Skyline
Nickname(s): City of Sun, Diamond City, Silk City & Bridge City
Surat is located in Gujarat
Surat
Surat
Location of Surat in Gujarat, India
Coordinates: 21°10′12.864″N 72°49′51.819″E / 21.17024000°N 72.83106083°E / 21.17024000; 72.83106083Coordinates: 21°10′12.864″N 72°49′51.819″E / 21.17024000°N 72.83106083°E / 21.17024000; 72.83106083
Country  India
State Gujarat
District Surat
Official Language Gujarati
Zone 7
Founded by Brahman Gopi
Named for City of Sun
Government
 • Type Mayor–Council
 • Body Surat Municipal Corporation
 • Mayor Ashmita Shiroya(BJP) unit_pref = Metric
 • Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasan
 • Police Commissioner Satish Sharma
Area
 • Metropolis 326.515 km2 (126.068 sq mi)
Elevation 13 m (43 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Metropolis 4,467,797
 • Rank

8th

2nd (in Gujarat state)
 • Density 14,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
 • Metro 4,591,246
 • Metro rank 9th
 • Demonym Surti
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode(s) 394 XXX, 395 XXX
Area code(s) 91-261-XXX-XXXX
Vehicle registration GJ-05, GJ-28, GJ-19
Sex ratio 1.27/
Coastline 35 kilometres (22 mi)
Literacy rate 86.65%
Official languages Gujarati
Spoken languages Gujarati, Hindi, English
Website www.suratmunicipal.gov.in
Population Growth of Surat 
Census Pop.
1871 107,100
1881 109,800 2.5%
1891 109,200 -0.5%
1901 119,300 9.2%
1911 114,900 -3.7%
1921 117,400 2.2%
1931 98,900 -15.8%
1941 171,400 73.3%
1951 223,200 30.2%
1961 288,000 29.0%
1971 492,700 71.1%
1981 912,600 85.2%
1991 1,519,000 66.4%
2001 2,811,614 85.1%
2011 4,591,246 63.3%
source:

8th

Surat, is a port city previously known as Suryapur. It is the economical capital and former princely state in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the eighth largest city and ninth largest urban agglomeration in India. Surat is the 3rd "cleanest city of India" according to the Indian Ministry of Urban Development, and 4th fastest growing city of the world. Surat is famous for its food, textile, and diamonds. Surat polishes over 90 percent of the world's rough diamond.

It is the administrative capital of the Surat district. The city is located 284 kilometres (176 mi) south of the state capital, Gandhinagar; 265 kilometres (165 mi) south of Ahmedabad; and 289 kilometres (180 mi) north of Mumbai. The city centre is located 22 km (14 mi) south of the Tapti River. A moat divides the older parts of the city, with their narrow streets and historical houses, from the newer suburbs.

Surat had a population of 4.5 million at the 2011 census, making it the second largest city in the state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad. It is the eighth largest city and ninth largest urban agglomeration of India. Surat is the 34th-largest city by area and 4th-fastest developing cities in a study conducted by the City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank on urban affairs. The city registered an annualised GDP growth rate of 11.5 per cent over the seven fiscal years between 2001 and 2008. Surat was awarded "best city" by the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems (ASICS) in 2013. Surat is selected as the first smart IT city in India which is being constituted by the Microsoft CityNext Initiative tied up with IT services majors Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro. The city has 2.97 million internet users which is about 65% of total population. Surat was selected in 2015 for an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant. Surat has been selected as one of twenty Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.


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